Direction signal and stop signal for automobiles



Jan. 9, 1923 1,441,513

C. LISI.

DIRECTION SIGNAL AND STOP SIGNAL FOR AUTOMOBILES.

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'CESARE LISI, or s soUnnAnNA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Dmnorron sre mL AND sror sIGnAL Eon AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed m 10, 1922. Serial No. 573,79sl 'i To all whom it'may'coqwmm Be it known that I, Cn'sARn Lisr, a citizen of Italy, residin at Susquehanna, in. the county of Susquehanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Direction Signals and Stop Signals for'Automobilesyand I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same This invention relates to an improveddirection signal and stop signal for automobiles and one object of the invention is to provide a signal which. may be mounted at any convenient point upon the car where it can be seen from the. rear and to so construct this.

light and rear light.

Another object of'the invention'is to pro vide improved means for mounting the in dicat'ors for vertical swinging movement, certainofthe indicators being so mounted thatas they swing upwardly,they mavturn from a position extending longitudinally of thehousingto a position in which they extend at right angles to the housing.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this signal that it will be compact and out of the way.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view showing signal in side elevation with the indicating meansin an inoperative position. I

Figure 21s a top'plan view of thesignalf Figure 3is a view in side elevation looking at the opposite side from that shown in Fig. 1.

Figure 4 is av'iew similar to Fig. 1 showing theturning indicator swung upwardlyto an operative position- Figu e 5f is a top plan view of one side portion of the improved signal with the turning. indicator shown in the operative;

the improved FigurexG is a longitudinal sectional View.

through the signal taken along the line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Figure 7 is a view showing the signal in end elevation with the parking light formportion removed.

lgure 8 1s a vertical sectional view L taken along the line 88 of Fig. 6.

Thls improved signal is provided with a body .portion having side walls 1 which extend substantially parallel from their forward ends and have their rear end portions broughttogether and secured by a fastener bolt 2. A At the forward end of the housing or body portion, the side walls are provided with openings to receive the .bolt3iwhich not only serves to connect the side wallsbut also serves as a pivot pin for the stop signal as will be hereinafter brought out. The

lower end portions of the side walls areconheated by a strip 4: having depending legs, 5

having feet 6 at their lower ends to receive the fasteners 7 which serve to secure the clevice firmlyin place upon the mud guard 8. Vl hile it is stated that the device is mounted upon the'mud guard, it is to be understood that this is only one part at which the signal can be mounted. The strip 4 hasits forward end portion riveted to the lower portion of a cup 9 which is positioned at the open front of the housing and is provided with side wings 10. I carries asocketlQ for the bulb 13 is mounted in this head 9 and when this bulb 13 is illu minated, the light which shows through the lens 14 formed of red glass will showas a red light thus providing a parking light for l the automobile. Wires 15 will lead to a suitable source of power andthe circuit fortliis parking] lamp will be provided with asuit- .able switch whichmay be opened and closed to control burning of the lamp. As this is to serve as a rear light as well as a parking light, it will be understood that when the automobile is in use orstanding at a curb,

the lamp 13 will be kept illuminated.

A reflector. 11 which The stop signal consists of a casing 16 I which is of such size that it will fit into the housing .between the side walls; The free end portion of this casing is tapered as shown in Fig. 2 and the front end portion is provided with a bearing sleeve 17 through which the bolt 3 passes so that the stop signal will be pivotally mounted for vertical swingingmovement from a horizontal inoperative position to a vertical operative position. This casing is provided with outstanding flanges 18 which serve to engage the upper edges of the side walls 1 of the housing and limit downward swinging movement and further serve as means for carrying a transparent closure 19 formed of any suitable material and preferably colored red so that when the stop signal is swung upwardly, it may be readily seen. H de sired, the word step may be printed upon this closure 19 as shown in Fig. 2. I The casing carries a socket 20 for a bulb 21 and there will be for the bulb 21 including the which will-be led to asuitable power and will be provided with wires 22 source oil a conventional structure of switch which will cause the lamp 21 to be energized when thesignal is swung upwardly. An arm 23 extends from. the sleeve 17 intermediate the width of the casing and is engagedby an actuating rod or wire 24: which extends through a conduit 25. This conduit 25 extends to a suitable point upon the automobile so that the wire which will extend through this conduit may be grasped by the operator of the automobile and drawn upon to swing the stop signal to an operative position. If

desired, the wire may be connected with' thebrake actuating pedal so that whenever the brake is appliedto bring he automobile to a stop, the wire will be drawn upon to display the stop signal. known arrangement and is not specifically illustrated. The switch for opening and closing the circuit of the socket 20. may also be associated with the brake pedal so that whenever the brake is applied, the circuit will be closed. v y

In order to indicate that a turn isto be made either to the left or to the right there have been provided direction indicators mounted at opposite sides of the body portlon or housing and movable from a lowered inoperative position to'a raised and operative positionp 3V hen in the lowered posi- 'tion, the direction indicators extend longitudinally of the housing but when swungupwardly to the operative position, they are disposed at right angles to the housing. Each of these direction indicators is provided with a casing having a transparent closure 27 upon which will be, marked the word Right r the word- Left as shown in Fig. 2. The material from which the closures 27 is formed will be colored so as to be readily distinguishable from the red danger or stop signal and will be preferably colored either green oryellow. The casing 26 is provided with a socket 28 to carry an illuminating bulb 29 and these sockets 2 8 will each be provided with power-wires 30 which will be led to a suitable source of" power, The casing 26 of each of these. direct1on signals is provided with a pivot stem orovided an ener izin circuit This is a well 31 which is rotatable in a bearing 32 at the free end of a bracket arm This bearing sleeve is positioned upon the pin or stem.

'31 and held in place by the key 34:. The

casing is provided with an arm 35 so that the stem may be readily rotated in the hearing sleeve and the casing caused to be swung from a position in which it extends longi tudinally of the housing or body portion to a position in which it will extend at right angles to the housing and point in the direction in which the turn is to be made. By having the casing move from the position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 to that-shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the casing will not only point in the direction in which the turn is to be madebut the letters will be positioned so that they can be readilyread. The pivoted end portion of each of the bracket arms 33 is bent to extend at substantially right angles to the major portion of the bracket and. the bracket arm of one of the indicators is pivotally connected with the upper end portion of a mounting bracket 37 which is secured to the lower forward corner portion of one of the side plates lot the body por tion or housing. The angularly disposed end portion 36 of the bearing armof the other indicator is, as shown in Fig. 7, provided with aside extension'38 which forms a bearing sleeve. A pivott'astener 40 is can ried by the side plates of the housing and passes throughthe portions 36 and 38 of this'bcaring arm so that thebearing arm will be pivotally mounted. It will be unden Stood that if desired the, two bracket arms may be of a duplicate construction and mounted in a like mannereither as shown in Fig. lot as shown n Fig. 3. The side side plates 1 of the housing and through opening g s formed in the. push barsand side fingers. One end portion of' the rocker shaft is threaded as shown-in Fig. 2 to tightly grip thejpush bar and cause it to swing vertically when the rocker shaft is rotated. and the other end portion of the rocker shaft is formed into a turning crank 46 sothat this rocker shaft may be rotated. to impart swinging movement tolthe push bar which controlsthe indicator. for alofthand turn. It should be noted that the. arms 33 are pivotally mounted in a-plane higher than the arms 69 and therefore" the arms 33 and ll swing in different arcs thus causing the casing to be turned in the bearings 32 when the arms swing upwardly. Pull wires 47 and 48 are connected with the crank 46 of the shaft and angularly disposed end portion- 42 of the push bar for the indicator for a right-hand turn and these conduits and wires are led forwardly so that the wires can be extended through the instrument board to permit of them being easily reached by the operator of the automobile. p

.Vhen this device. is in use, it will be mounted upon one of the rear mud guards with the parking light 9 facing towards the rear. Therefore, the device will disclose a red light to serve as a rear light and also serve as a parking light. When the operator of the car is about to make a stop or turn to either the rig it or the left, the foot brake is applied and as the brake is applied, the wire 24; will be drawn upon so that the stop sig nal or indicator 16 will be swung upwardly and the lamp 21 illuminated to attract the attention of cars following. If no turn isto be made, the stop signal alone will be swung upwardly but if a turn is to be made, then it is desired to have the proper direction signal operate as well as the stop signal. Therefore, when a turn is to be made, the wire 4;? or the wire 48 will be drawn upon to swing the proper direction signal upwardly. As the direction signal swings upwardly due to the push bar being swung vertically, this indicator will be turned from a position extending longitudinally of. the housingto a position at right angles to this housing."

This is accomplished due to the fact that the push bar is pivotally mounted at a point below the pivotal mounting of the bearing strip or bracket strip 33. After a turn has beeen made, the pull wire will be released and the direction indicator will return to the inoperative position. It will thus be seen that there has been provided a stop and direc tion signal which will be very effective in operation and will take up a small amount of room. i

I claim:

1. A signal comprising a body portion, an arm pivotally connected with saidbodyfor vertical swinging movement and having its freeend portion provided with a bearing, an indicator having one end portion pro vided with a pivot stem journaled in said bearing to permit swinging of the indicator transversely of said body, said pivot stem mounted in a plane higher than the pivot point of the pull bar to cause the arm and bar to swing in different arcs and impart turning movement to the indicator as the indicator moves vertically.

3. The structure of claim 1 having the arm provided with the bearing pivotally.

mounted in a plane higher than the pivot point of the pull bar to cause the arm and bar to swing in different arcs and impart turning movementto the indicator as the indicatorvmoves vertically, said arm being provided with a bend causing the pivoted end to have a portion extending vertically when the major portion extends longitudinally of the body.

4-. The structure of claini 1 having a. pivot shaft rotatably carried by the body, the pull bar being carried by said shaft, and means for rotating the shaft to impart vertical swinging movement to the pull bar.

5. The structure of claim 1 having a pivot shaft rotatably carried by the body, the pullv bar being loosely mounted upon said shaft and having an extended end portion, and

means connected with the extended end portion to impart vertical swinging movement to the pull bar.

6. signal comprising a housing having spaced side walls, a lamp casing positioned between the side walls, a pivot pin for one end of said casing carried by said side walls,

means for swingingsaid casing from a horizontal inoperative position to a vertical operative position, bearing arms pivotally mounted at opposite sides of saidhousing, lamp casings connected with the free end portions of said arms for swinging movement at right angles to the swing of the arms, pull bars pivotally mounted at opposite sides of the housing and connected with the last mentioned lamp casings to impart swinging movement to thesame relative to the arms,l and means connected with said bars for swinging the arms vertically.

Intestimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CESARE L181. 

